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How to compute geodesic area in GeoDjango?

I have some polygons which can be anywhere in the world. I would like to compute their areas. The GeoDjango docs for GEOSGeometry.area don't specify whether it is geometric or geodesic area, but ...
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Area units for GEOS area property?

I'm working with GeoDjango and have a polygon in the WGS84 projection. I need to find its area in square meters. When I call polygon.area, I get some float out and I have no idea what the units of ...